Boris Johnson described the the sexist attacks on Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner as “misogynistic tripe”.
The Prime Minister promised to "unleash the terrors of the earth" on any Conservative MP found to have claimed that Rayner crosses and uncrosses her legs in the Commons chamber to distract him while he is speaking.
Asked whether there was a cultural problem in Parliament, Johnson told reporters in Bury: “It’s hard to say on the basis of that particular story.
